Activities

As told by our Family Support Workers.

“One idea for working with siblings that I found useful was the following activity; You get all the siblings in the family to draw around then cut out their handprints, about 4-6 each is good, decorate then, this can range from simple of sticking stickers on, to decorating the nail area with tiny gems or maybe henna designs on the hand. Then get a large piece of card (Black,Brown,Green) any of these will do cut out the shape of a tree truck then up and out to make thick branches, then place the handprints on which these will be the branches. I used this once with an ill child and his 2 siblings, the ill child was too ill to decorate his himself but the siblings finish them off for him, the older sibling than wrote about 5 lines on white paper on how they loved each other, this was then glued at the bottom of the tree trunk. They presented it to their parents at Christmas about two months after the ill child had died. Mum and Dad were so impressed with it that they bought a clear A3 photo frame and it was hung up at the top of the stairs with a light fitted above so they always could see it. this project took about 5-6 visit but it needn’t. Also you could include the whole family parents etc.”

“I used to work with a sibling who was very sensible and protective of his younger sister, who was unwell and often held back on having fun and some time for himself. During one visit we played an act it out game with him and his younger brother; it was great fun and we were all laughing for the whole visit. For me, it was so rewarding and lovely to see him smile and forget about things for a while and great for Mum to watch him laugh out loud and be a bit silly for a change!”

Draw around your hand.

Inside your hand, draw or write everything that is important to you and is good about your life.